different between vintage vs ventage

English

Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin v?nd?mia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from v?num (“wine”) + d?m? (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + em? (“acquire, obtain”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?n?t?j, IPA^(key): /?v?n.t?d?/

Noun

vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)

1. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
3. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
4. The year or place in which something is produced.

Derived terms

• make vintage

Translations

Adjective

vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)

1. (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
2. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
3. (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
   1. (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
   2. (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)

1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

Derived terms

• vintaging

Translations

See also

• classic
• veteran

Further reading

• vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vintage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Vigeant, vagient

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin.t?d?/, /v??.ta?/

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bin?taxe/, [b?n??t?a.xe]

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage

English

Etymology

vent +? -age

Noun

ventage (plural ventages)

1. A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 2

     Govern these ventages with

     your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your

     mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.

2. venting (the act by which something is vented)

Anagrams

• vegetan